Paychex is a cloud-based human capital management provider offering payroll, compliance, talent management, benefits administration, and retirement services. The firm also provides HR outsourcing services, including professional employer organization, or PEO, offerings, enabling clients to reduce HR overhead. Paychex primarily targets small and midsize businesses, although its acquisition of Paycor in 2025 signals the firm's aspirations to expand into the midmarket segment, serving firms with more than 100 employees. As of fiscal 2026, Paychex has approximately 800,000 clients and manages payroll for one in 11 workers in the United States.
| Form 4 transaction type | Transactions | Shares | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open-market sale | 4 | 34,122 | $3.73M |
| Grant or award | 14 | 249,257 | |
| Option exercise | 4 | 449,404 | |
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | 14 | 196,130 | |
| Bona-fide gift | 2 | 10,341 | |
| Other acquisition / disposition | 2 | 328 |
Dollar totals are shown for open-market purchases and sales only. Grants, option exercises, gifts and tax withholding are reported by share count because they are not trades at a market price.
97 Form 4 filings on record, the earliest from Oct 8, 2024, newest first. Filing history page 1 of 3.
| Date | Insider | Transaction | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 130 | $122.02 | $16K | ||
| Gift | Common Stock | 9,309 | $113.98 | $1.06M | ||
| Joseph Doody | Other | Common Stock - Family Trust | 164 | $0.00 | - | |
| Joseph Doody | Other | Common Stock | 164 | $0.00 | - | |
| Open-market sale | Common Stock | 2,600 | $115.09 | $299K | ||
| John B. Gibson - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Option | 96,971 | $110.00 | $10.67M | |
| John B. Gibson - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 14,083 | $110.00 | $1.55M | |
| John B. Gibson - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 14,318 | $0.00 | - | |
| Ryan Norman Bergstrom - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Option | 23,088 | $110.00 | $2.54M | |
| Ryan Norman Bergstrom - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 303 | $110.00 | $33K | |
| Ryan Norman Bergstrom - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 3,409 | $0.00 | - | |
| Mason Argiropoulos - Officer | Grant or award | Stock Option | 14,777 | $110.00 | $1.63M | |
| Mason Argiropoulos - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 386 | $110.00 | $42K | |
| Mason Argiropoulos - Officer | Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,182 | $0.00 | - | |
| Grant or award | Stock Option | 18,471 | $110.00 | $2.03M | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 300 | $110.00 | $33K | ||
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 2,727 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Open-market sale | Common Stock | 2,615 | $115.92 | $303K | ||
| Grant or award | Stock Option | 11,082 | $110.00 | $1.22M | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 1,172 | $110.00 | $129K | ||
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 1,818 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Grant or award | Stock Option | 23,088 | $110.00 | $2.54M | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 299 | $110.00 | $33K | ||
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 3,409 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Prabha S. Bhandari - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 282 | $110.00 | $31K | |
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 2,383 | $110.00 | $262K | ||
| Grant or award | Stock Option | 29,553 | $110.00 | $3.25M | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 2,382 | $110.00 | $262K | ||
| Grant or award | Common Stock | 4,364 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Option exercise | Common Stock | 214,482 | $57.24 | $12.28M | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 163,329 | $109.92 | $17.95M | ||
| Option exercise | Stock Option | 214,482 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Open-market sale | Common Stock | 25,000 | $109.93 | $2.75M | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 2,678 | $102.71 | $275K | ||
| Ryan Norman Bergstrom - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 2,090 | $102.71 | $215K | |
| Option exercise | Common Stock | 10,220 | $60.59 | $619K | ||
| Open-market sale | Common Stock | 3,907 | $98.25 | $384K | ||
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 6,313 | $98.10 | $619K | ||
| Option exercise | Stock Option | 10,220 | $0.00 | - | ||
| B. Thomas Golisano | Gift | Common Stock | 1,032 | $96.98 | $100K | |
| Open-market sale | Common Stock | 459 | $90.00 | $41K | ||
| Option exercise | Stock Option | 10,220 | $0.00 | - | ||
| Option exercise | Common Stock | 10,220 | $60.59 | $619K | ||
| B. Thomas Golisano | Gift | Common Stock | 109,300 | $91.27 | $9.98M | |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Gift | Common Stock | 163,930 | $93.21 | $15.28M | |
| Mason Argiropoulos - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 79 | $90.26 | $7K | |
| Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 2,249 | $90.91 | $204K | ||
| Ryan Norman Bergstrom - Officer | Tax withholding / forfeiture | Common Stock | 1,374 | $90.91 | $125K | |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Gift | Common Stock | 1,104 | $93.65 | $103K | |
| Joseph Doody | Open-market purchase | Common Stock - Family Trust | 1,000 | $98.76 | $99K | |
| Tom Bonadio | Open-market purchase | Common Stock | 1,000 | $98.50 | $98K | |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Gift | Common Stock | 26,130 | $102.13 | $2.67M | |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Gift | Common Stock | 9,390 | $107.17 | $1.01M |
A Form 144 is notice of an INTENDED sale, not a completed one. It often precedes the Form 4 that reports the trade actually happening.
| Filed | Filer | Relationship | Shares | Market value | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | View on EDGAR | |
| - | - | - | - | View on EDGAR | |
| - | - | - | - | View on EDGAR |
PAYCHEX INC (PAYX) had 18 insider filings in the last 90 days, with the most recent on 2026-08-17. The full record for PAYX runs to 97 Form 4 filings, the earliest from 2024-10-08. InsiderAlpha tracks every Form 4, Form 144, and 8-K filing in real time.
No insider purchases of PAYX were filed in the last 90 days. 2 purchases are on record for this company.
4 insider sales of PAYX were filed in the last 90 days, totaling $3.73M.
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